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NEWS OPINION 5 NEWS 7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6
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UNDER-PROTECTED 10 A domestic violence victim tried to save her family—she needed more help COVER STORY 12 WRITING CONTEST WINNERS PART 1 Read the winning short stories in our annual fiction contest on the theme “For the Family.” Catch the nonfiction essay winners in the Nov. 29 ecdition.
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SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER “I really want to like movies, but I’m just supposed to sit there and watch people act?” —Overheard at the Violet Crown Cinema “I’m not upset, I’m just wore out.” —Overheard from a man on the phone at the Eldorado grocery Send your Overheard in Santa Fe tidbits to: eavesdropper@sfreporter.com SFREPORTER.COM SFREPORTER.COM • • NOVEMBER NOVEMBER22-28, 22-28,2023 2023
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GALLERIES ON PASEO DE PERALTA MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE FROM EL CASTILLO RETIREMENT PROPERTY Galleries have forced enough Santa Feans out of cool neighborhoods—turnabout is fair play.
OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN GETS NEW JOB AT MICROSOFT MERE HOURS AFTER OUSTER Now he’ll have even more resources to ruin artists’ lives!
MEOW WOLF ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION NICOLAE STUDIO TO OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR Fingers crossed for some kind of Bauhaus-y, neon-infused thing that makes you go, “Woah, man. Dimensions, man.”
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Students sound off as Santa Fe Public Schools consolidate bus routes in the face of driver shortage
Students from Mandela International Magnet School exit the bus as it arrives at their school at 8:45 am on a Friday morning—after the start of the school day.
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While officials have said they aim for the consolidation to be temporary, news of the decision and its details has been slow to reach some students. Initially, says Mandela International Magnet School sophomore Robin Hickerson, that created confusion and panic. “A lot of kids didn’t even know the buses were being canceled until the day of, or week of,” Hickerson tells SFR. Hickerson initiated a survey of her fellow classmates from Mandela a few days after the district announced it was canceling routes. According to 29 fellow bus-riders who responded, the vast majority said they didn’t have their own driver’s licenses and their parents work full time. Most said they could rely on a parent to drive them, but nearly 21% said they had no other transportation options. The extended bus route, wrote junior Emily Malvig, is “just so long.” “The decision to remove the buses for high schoolers is idiotic,” wrote Giordana Diruggiero, a freshman who previously caught a direct bus at Amy Biehl or El Dorado Community School. Now, the only route available serves four schools, with Mandela as the last stop. Sophomore Montgomery Waltz report-
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ed, “I don’t have a car and can’t find many other sources other than to ride a bus.” Jordan Chavez, an eighth grader who lives on the city’s Southside, said he hopes the district can hire bus drivers “so we don’t have to drive around Santa Fe for almost an hour.” Hickerson, who formerly caught a bus from Chaparral Elementary, is among students who bailed on buses because of extended ride times. “I haven’t really taken the bus since they changed it, but not because they don’t have a route in place for me. It just takes a lot longer now,” she says, noting that riding in a parent’s car takes about 20 minutes, compared to a minimum of an hour and a half on the bus. “I’m lucky because I have that option, but there’s a ton of kids who don’t have a dependable car or can’t drive at all.” While district officials intend for the hub locations to serve additional students, longer bus rides for middle and high schoolers may have unintended consequences: According to a December 2021 study from Temple and Syracuse universities, students with morning bus routes exceeding an hour have lower attendance rates, missing an extra day of school compared to those on shorter routes.
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SFPS already struggles with low attendance. Its chronic absentee rate in the 2022-2023 school year was nearly 51%. Only 29% and 14% of students at Santa Fe and Capital high schools regularly attended school that year. District officials have said they need to increase attendance rates to improve outcomes, including standardized test scores; students with higher attendance rates performed better in state assessments last year. Route 35, which moves north from Lamy to Eldorado and drops off K-6 students at El Dorado Community School, is among those to grow longer after route closures. Daniel Clark, the bus driver, makes his first stop at about 6:20 am and arrives at the school by 7:45 am. Under the district’s new plan, his route has three more stops to serve as hubs accommodating middle and high school students—extending the route’s length by another hour. Clark says the number of high school and middle school students he drives varies by the day, and the numbers can be low. On the day he spoke to SFR, he drove two students to Santa Fe High and five to Mandela, dropping Mandela students off 10 minutes after the first period began at 8:35. SFPS Transportation Director Cesario Flores tells SFR hiring drivers has been an ongoing battle since COVID-19. Two years ago, the district had 65 bus routes. Now, it has 32, with only 30 drivers on staff to complete them. “We’re not trying to cause any pain or inconvenience to families…we just can’t sustain all routes,” Flores says. The end game, he says, is to restore the most recently eliminated routes, and the district has been advertising online and at job fairs as well as reaching out to private bus companies to contract more drivers, among other strategies. SFPS is also offering free, paid training on receiving a Commercial Driver’s License with a school bus driver endorsement. Two new drivers are undergoing the district’s eightweek training now. In the meantime, Flores says he plans to communicate with parents and school administrators on alternatives such as carpooling. Additionally, the district is offering mileage reimbursement of 47 cents per mile to families who drive their children to and from school due to route closures. The district expects to issue checks to families near the end of each quarter, according to SFPS Public Information Officer Cody Dynarski. “They’re all trying to be creative and come up with anything they can,” Flores says. “But whatever we can do to assist with that, we’re going to do.”
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armen Navarrete de Gonzales asked for help and tried to escape her domestic abuser. The 49-yearold mother and grandmother ended her relationship with Jose Antonio “Adrian” Roman, called 911 and filed a police report after an alleged October incident landed her in the hospital. On Oct. 28, a Second Judicial District judge issued a felony arrest warrant for Roman, 44. Court documents indicate he was already on probation at that time over drunk-driving charges in Sandoval County. Then, on Nov. 9 the court issued a protective order against Roman. “He threatened me and said, ‘Before you send me to the police, I’ll kill you first,’” Navarrete wrote in her petition seeking the order, which forbade Roman from contacting her or her family in any way. Still, it wasn’t enough to save her or her 15-year-old son, Axel Gonzales. State Police, who investigated the Oct. 28 assault, and a spokeswoman for the Second Judicial District Court could not immediately answer SFR’s questions about why Roman was not arrested on those charges or picked up on the apparent probation violation they represented. He went on to shoot and kill the two on Nov. 13 after he stole a gun from a family member and drove from Albuquerque to Navarrete’s home off West Alameda Street in Santa Fe County.
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One of Navarrete’s daughters, Priscilla Gonzales, described her mother in a GoFundMe page as “loving” and “hardworking” and said she always took care of and wanted the best for her children. Axel, she added, was a “happy and generous” brother. “On Nov. 13, the lives of my mother Carmen and my brother Axel were taken in a horrible way,” Gonzales wrote in Spanish. “For now, we will only be able to see them in our memories.” Axel attended Capital High School, according to a Facebook post from Santa Fe Public Schools. Members of the family declined SFR’s request for comment through a family friend. Domestic violence prevention advocates say Navarrete’s situation had all the hallmarks of serious danger. Sheila Lewis, a trainer and consultant for New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, tells SFR she always describes a protective order as “a piece of paper, and it’s not bulletproof.” Furthermore, the court order actually increases risk in domestic violence situations with guns. “It’s a start in a process of trying to gain some control over your life, but when women go out and get the order of protection, if their perpetrator has a firearm, they’re five times more likely to get murdered,” Lewis says. “As much as I encourage women to get orders of protection, you also have to have a safety plan. And if you don’t have a safety plan, or you haven’t been working with a domestic violence shelter to develop a really effective safety plan, there is a lot of danger involved.” A safety plan has to be personal, Lewis
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says, but it could involve having a friend who could take care of the person in an emergency situation; checking for trackers on the person’s phone or car and more. Lewis says New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence urges law enforcement first-responders in domestic violence cases to use a lethality assessment, which measures the level of danger for victims.
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The shooting victims Carmen Navarrete, 49, and her 15-year-old son, Axel Gonzales, pose in a self portrait.
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“It’s a very good tool for screening, and when the tool is used properly and law enforcement is trained to use it, they say to the person that they’ve screened, ‘I just screened you for lethality and based on my experience in my professional judgment, you are at high risk for being murdered by your partner,’ and to use those terrifying words so that they understand this is a lethal situation, not just a dangerous situation,” she says. She calls domestic violence “an equal opportunity terror,” that affects people who speak all languages and come from various backgrounds, which is why she’s grateful for laws aimed at the problem. Yet the state’s most recent high-profile effort to curb domestic violence by gun, the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act, better known as the red flag law, wouldn’t have necessarily helped Navarrete. In the first reported domestic violence incident, Roman allegedly wielded a rifle and struck her with it. The law targets people who exhibit symptoms of mental health issues or dangerous behavior. But it requires time-consuming court intervention. Lewis, who teaches a course about the law to officers and dispatchers at the state Law Enforcement Academy, says the law could be improved. For one, some judges require the cooperation of a potential victim, many of whom don’t want to testify. Lewis adds even if the court grants a petition, it orders a person to give up firearms and doesn’t authorize law enforcement to seize the weapons, which she says is “pretty unrealistic.” Police arrested Roman in Albuquerque Nov. 15. He faces 16 felony charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. A detention and preliminary hearing in the First Judicial District Court is scheduled for Dec. 5. and prosecutors argue Navarrete’s family won’t be safe if Roman is released pending trial.
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FICTION / FOR THE FAMILY Author Kirstin Valdez Quade tells SFR she’ll always think of Santa Fe as home. Though she lives in San Francisco and teaches creative writing at Stanford University, Quade’s extended family remains in her birthplace of Northern New Mexico. So do many of the characters in her books, which capture the region’s specific beauty and challenges with authenticity and depth. In her novel The Five Wounds, published by Norton in 2021, Quade presents the story of a multigenerational family living under one roof—with all their tangled relationships and struggles regarding the future. As this year’s guest judge for SFR’s annual fiction contest, she chose its theme: “For the Family.” “I have always been drawn, both as a reader and a writer, to stories about families,” she says. “Every single family is unique. Every family is so complicated. Every single person in that family has a specific experience of what that family is. You know, my little brother’s sense of our family is, in some cases, wildly different from my own sense of our family, and I love that about it. Our family members know each other so well— nobody knows quite so well how to hurt us—and there can be injuries that go back many generations that play out. And often within families, that’s where we get comfort and solace.” These dynamics also play out in fictionalized stories of families, such as the contest winners that follow, whose universal truths make compelling reading. First-place winner “The Sound Barrier,” by Daniel Huantes Jr., takes place over a very short span of time, just a few hours at a birthday party for a 14-year-old. “I was so moved by this boy’s longing to hold his own around the family table,” Quade says, noting she especially enjoyed how Huantes reveals the boy’s deafness, not as a quick fact but as a slow seeping through the beginning of the story. “Clean,” the second-place winning story from Marit Andrews, homes in on a woman who has recently given birth. “I just thought this story captured so beautifully this woman in this specific time in her life and the immediate aftermath of having a baby,” Quade says. “She’s sleep-deprived and a bit of the story is hallucinatory. There’s this fragmentation that she feels of herself, Amelia, and then this new self, Mom, and her deep isolation in this new role.” For his third-place winning story “Her Job,” Richard Ryan presents a nurse as the narrator, taking readers just outside the family circle for a different perspective. “She’s seeing these families at their most vulnerable and she’s also getting the tiniest sliver of a sense of the families of the patient she cares for,” says Quade. (Julie Ann Grimm) Next week: Read the winning essays from this year’s nonfiction category on the theme of “Multispecies Entanglements.” SFR has invited all winning authors for a public reception and reading at 6 pm, Nov. 29 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. 12
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Without sitting on his hands, Greg didn’t know what to do with them. He sat at the circular dining room table, and watched his mother in the kitchen. She rushed from station to station, stirring and sipping and salting as she moved. It was chaos to Greg, but clear to his mother, who never stopped for more than a moment. Greg understood why his dad had jumped at the opportunity to run out for last-minute groceries. Within the kitchen, his mother readied herself for war. The tamales were stockpiled, the avocado was mashed, the limes were cut, ready to be put on nearly everything. Greg winced as he saw the salsa hit the sarten, the fumes from the chiles lifting up into the air, a step away from chemical warfare. Greg knew from experience how unforgiving that gas could be. Greg once tried to explain the feeling to a friend, but the closest thing his friend could conjure was the smell of frying pickles. Greg felt something was lost in the transition from pepper to pickle. A burning something was lost. Food was a double-edged sword. Every time his family gathered, they asked for seconds. Every time they left, they asked for antacids. Greg turned from the kitchen towards his little cousins as they tiptoed across the living room. The oldest of the troupe at nine years old, Diego was demonstrating to the youngest, Noah, how to sneak polvorones out of the kitchen, and eat them, hiding behind the couch. Sitting on the couch, seven-year-old Brandon ate his cookies in the open, brave or unaware. Greg couldn’t quite see what Diego was saying, but imagined it was sage advice regarding obfuscating the number of cookies the adults thought they had eaten. Each sugary pebble was a boulder to the small brown hands that gripped them. Greg remembered his seniority, stood up from the circular dinner table, marched towards the counter, grabbed a cookie, and only made a small effort to hide it. He turned his back on the kitchen, leaning on the white counter, and started to eat. Greg felt a sharp tap on his shoulder and jumped, coughing up sugar. He turned around to see his mom repeating his name. “What?” Greg signed. “I’ve been waving my arms at you, but you don’t listen!” His mom signed, punching the air. Greg was silent, unsure if a response was what she wanted. “Go change, your Welo and Wela are almost here. Everyone else won’t be too far behind.” She turned him around and pushed him out of the dining room to go get ready.
*** Greg walked in, and was startled to see the house full. How had they all gotten there so quickly? His mother turned and motioned for him to come. Greg’s heart beat hard as he approached his family. He could barely lip read Spanish, and he knew he needed to practice more. All at once, three of his uncles detached themselves from the family, and pushed away from the small circular table they sat around. A wall of grins formed, and Greg felt his heart rate ease. The three of them standing together looked more like larger versions of Diego, Noah, and Brandon, equally as likely to be caught stealing polvorones. “What’s up!” Tony signed, speaking along in English. “Nothing much,” Greg replied, shrugging, but unable to hide his smile. Carlos shoved Tony aside, attempting to sign himself, but before Greg could figure what he meant, Tony had rammed back into him. The pair struggled shoulder to shoulder, trying to knock the other down. Gustavo stepped in front, and signed in front of his stomach so only Greg could see. “My brothers are idiots.” Greg laughed. “Happy Birthday, Greg. We’re all glad to see you.” With Gustavo now tasked with making the final decision as to the winner of the shoving match, Greg walked past them, and began greeting his family. Greg smiled at his Tio Lalo, who slapped him on the back, shaking his hand, and pulling him into the crowd of his relatives. Each tight-packed family member pulled him around the table, with a mixture of signing, smiling, and words which Greg tried his best to discern. Tia Alma gave him a hug, her squat frame previously hidden behind his two towering cousins, Edgar and Marcello, who both nodded at Greg. Edgar and Marcello knew how to sign, but at 16, they were far too cool to say anything, signed or otherwise. The top of Tia Alma’s grey hair barely reached to his chest, but her grip was strong, and she held him tight before letting go. She said something to Greg in Spanish, but he couldn’t make out any of it. Greg smiled and nodded. “Si, gracias,” he mouthed. He turned, unsure if Alma could read lips. Greg continued around the table, until arriving in front of his grandparents. He looked down at his Wela, even shorter than her sister Alma. His Wela beamed and stood up, wrapping Greg in a soft hug. He felt warm, and decided he had to try to say something. He pulled back from the hug, and cleared his throat. “Temo,” he spoke slowly. Greg looked at his grandmother, hoping that this was good enough. Her head tilted, confused, and she turned to Greg’s mother. Shit, Greg thought. He cleared his throat and tried to ignore the stubborn toad sitting in his mouth. “Te. Amo,” Greg spoke. He was embarrassed but felt his second attempt was good. His Wela turned back to
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eyes. Tony sat back, proud of himself. The table finally began to quiet down, when everybody turned at once. Following their faces, Greg looked towards his father facing him. Smilling, making clear deliberate signs, and articulating each syllable, his father addressed Greg only. “Did you understand that?” His father asked. The family turned to Greg, who wished he could disappear. He felt like a squashed bug. For a moment, he had been a part of the family, for a moment they laughed together. Now they all knew that he wasn’t one of them. Greg was on the outside looking in. “Some,” Greg signed back. He felt the eyes of his family boring into him, and he knew he too was turning bright red. He was dying. There was no coming back. Greg looked down, and hoped his father would have the decency to leave him to die in peace. His father began to sign, and Greg got ready for everyone to watch as the story was explained again in excruciating detail. But with his father only a few words in, Gustavo stood up to get the attention of the table. “Now!” He signed and spoke, winking at Greg. “I think if it’s all the same with y’all, it’s my turn to tell the REAL story.” Levity returned to the table, and Greg began to laugh. They were a unit once again. Daniel Huantes Jr. grew up in San Antonio, Texas with his parents and two siblings. He spent summers in south Texas with his extended family. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS. He currently lives in Santa Fe, and he loves drinking coffee.
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BY MARIT ANDREWS Amelia was a clean person. Not a clean enough person. Clean. When Amelia’s best friend visited for the first time after Amelia gave birth, she suggested Amelia go to therapy be-
cause of how clean her house was. And not so much suggested, as sat down with Amelia on the couch and helped her find a therapist right then and there and followed up the next day to make sure Amelia scheduled her first session. And yet here she was, staring at the filth coating her washing machine. When you see something wrong, fix it right away; otherwise, you’ll get used to it and stop seeing it. Amelia and Jake received this piece of advice more than once when they first became homeowners. But when they moved in Amelia was six months pregnant, and though the days felt long the months went fast. And if Amelia and Jake thought they received unsolicited advice when they became homeowners, that was nothing compared to becoming parents—complete strangers now felt comfortable giving Amelia breastfeeding tips in the grocery store. As time slid by and boundaries blurred their family went from Amelia and Jake to Amelia and Jake and Nathanial, and on three months of no sleep, Amelia also became Amelia and Mom, and to be honest, sometimes just Mom. And now Mom stood peering at what was probably, no, most definitely was, mold growing on her washing machine that had been there for God knows how long. What else have I missed, Amelia wondered, as she tried and failed to pry the laundry disposal dish loose. Amelia tiptoed past the nursery where she had just put Nate down for his morning nap and into the kitchen. She knelt carefully on the Saltillo tile to grab the bleach spray and paper towels from under the sink. For a moment, she felt the bottom go, and wanted to remain there, like a boulder, on her knees for the rest of her life, but then she remembered, and began to ground herself. She didn’t do this anymore. She was in her kitchen, in her home with her family. She was safe. She began to get up again. Jake crept up behind her, sliding his hands around her waist as Amelia rose from the kitchen floor. Amelia tensed, then relaxed as she spun up and saw him. “Hey,” she smiled. “Hey yourself,” he said, gently brushing her hair across her forehead, then resting his fist on her cheek bone as he looked at her. “Did he throw up again?” he asked, motioning to the cleaning supplies. Amelia shook her head and placed the bleach spray and paper towels on the counter to explain, but Jake was already on his phone, pulling up a song. Jake offered his upturned palm to her. Amelia couldn’t help but smile as Jake motioned to the middle of the kitchen. Even though it was ten o’clock in the morning and she hadn’t showered yet and she was so tired she had to fight spontaneously falling asleep anytime she wasn’t moving, Amelia took his hand. Jake lightly kissed the edge of her smile and tilted her chin towards him, finally kissing her in earnest. Then, holding her hips as he led her towards him, he began to sing with exuberance, “I’ve been waiting for a girl like Amelia to come into my life,” and as he shook his hips, Amelia laughed. She loved him like she loved sleep. When the song ended, Jake gave her a hug. “I’m headed out,” he said into Amelia’s back as she stiffened. Then they had that same old fight all couples who have been together long enough have, the one that repeats over and over, with different variations. Theirs was about abandonment and pain and fear but also about not having enough time together to have fun. So, Amelia placed her hands on his shoulder and reached up to brush away a bit of unidentifiable blackness almost indistinguishable from his messy black hair, and let go. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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“See you,” she said, flicking the bits, fingernail against thumb, away like stickiness. She went to the kitchen sink and turned it on. Amelia listened to the rush of the water and did the dishes like a prayer until she felt her breathing slow, as she had done so many times before, as her mother had done, as her grandmother had done, as so many women before her. Amelia turned off the faucet and reached for the dish towel before she saw it. Slime. It was covered in slime. All of it. The dish towel, the fridge, the counter, the floor. A thick ooze slowly blackening her house from somewhere beyond her sight. The entire east side of her house was covered in goo that seemed to deepen and expand even as she stood there breathing, almost as it breathed with her. Amelia reached out to touch it, as if a diver on a coral reef, finally snapping back enough to pull away before she touched the stuff, and then she realized—her fingers were already stained. A pool of black gathered in the bed of her thumb like ink. As she tried to scrape it out the blackness only seemed to deepen. This can’t be happening, Amelia thought. She straightened her back and then exhaled, shaking it out through her wrists. This isn’t happening, she decided. She was exhausted and just needed to go upstairs and lie down. Never mind her thumb. It wasn’t real. She had pushed herself too far, again. Amelia turned off the light and surveyed her bedroom, dim and cool in the midmorning breeze. She smoothed her blue comforter before climbing on top of it, imagining herself leaving a streak of black across the cloth. What a pickle, she thought, clenching her teeth. She closed her eyes and tried to focus on the wind in the trees, then the silence behind the sound. But even when the sound stopped, all she saw was blackness, pressing in from both sides. It followed her. It didn’t matter that she was a thousand miles away and twenty years past. Here she was again, being driven down dark country roads, that tiny bit of road ahead illuminated by dirty headlights, black on both sides. Woods thick with deer. The slip of the car with every turn and the flip in her stomach trying to count the drinks in his breath. Another barn party. As if she needed another barn party. There was this one, so many years ago, at the third location of the night after one barn and one bonfire, standing around drinking Natty Ice in someone’s empty living room, the furniture all pushed to one side of the trailer so no one could dance, and their friend Britney said, “If I ever get married and get out I’m never seeing any of you assholes again,” and that was the end. Amelia never wanted to go to another barn party. Even though there was only one lamp on in the entire
trailer, she saw. It was dirty. Filthy, really, the kind of filth that comes from decades of smoking inside, letting pets wet the carpet, leaving dishes to rot and working three jobs to wake up to nothing in the bank. But we’re best friends and we love each other, she wanted to say to Britney. But she also saw it. “I think you should slow down,” Amelia said, “It’s mating season.” Jake looked over at her in exacerbation, and Amelia knew she should have practiced more, how to say slow down you’ve been drinking nicely, but she’d been drinking, too. As if she needed another barn party. But in the same way that she felt the deer deep in the trees just waiting to leap out in front of their headlights, the release of the airbags and the shattering of glass in her hair, she felt it, she was from here. She opened her eyes. October here meant saying goodbye I love you, not look out for deer. She sighed with relief. But when she sat up, she saw it, the black on her comforter was still there. Some things were black and white. It was wrong to drink and drive. She knew this. She knew that 1998 Felitti et al. article on the relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults, and she knew that “Persons who had experienced four or
more categories of childhood exposure, compared to those who had experienced none, had 4- to 12-fold increased health risks for alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, and suicide attempt,” etcetera. She knew it was not surprising they had started drinking young, one need only sample the growing body of research on intergenerational trauma and substance abuse. And what about choices? Why had they never gotten behind the wheel after drinking again after they moved? Could we use the change in housing conditions to explain the decrease in self-administration of alcohol and associated related risky behaviors, see the seminal 1978 Alexander et. al “The effect of housing and gender on morphine self-administration in rats,” or, vis-à-vis, how 95% of Vietnam veterans who became addicted to heroin while fighting oversees did not use heroin when they returned to the United States, i.e. 2010’s Robins et al. “Vietnam Veterans Three Years after Vietnam: How Our Study Changed Our View of Heroin?” Should we now use this body of research to examine the larger concepts of choice and free will, and the impetus of this digression, i.e. moral absolutism? Stop it, Amelia. You don’t do this anymore. Mom gathered the bed clothes and carried them downstairs to the laundry room. She ran the sink, let it run warm, and began to lather and work at the muck, using her thumbs to rub the cloth in circles. The black on her thumb was still there. I miss you Britney, she thought, suddenly on the verge of tears. She didn’t even remember the last time she saw her. She hadn’t known it would be the last time, of course. It wasn’t any different, just any other day. Who knows why she and Jake got to walk away? She kept rubbing. More soap didn’t seem to help anything. The stain kept oozing a bottomless ink, and try as she might she could not stop it. It kept coming. And then, just as she began to let herself cry, she saw it. The black ran with the white suds down the drain, not chiaroscuro, but grey. The grey. Not black and white at all. Grey. Amelia took the stained sheets and threw them into the washing machine with the appropriate amount of eco-friendly laundry detergent, set the machine to the appropriate setting, and walked away. Clean enough. Marit Andrews is passionate about educational equity, green chile cheese fries with carnitas, poetry, dogs and nature. She lives in Santa Fe with her wonderful family and (probably) a friendly ghost.
wonders if he can even talk. With a heavy heart she slips out of the room. The thirty-five steps from this room to the nurses’ station is so familiar. She lets them know that she thinks another patient is going. She lowers her head. “I can’t let him be by himself.” This is the seventh person she has made the decision to be with when they die, to be the replacement for their absent family, to bear the weight of their loss. She is almost numb to it now. She will have to decide what to tell them about their loved-one’s last moments. She wonders whether assuming this role will affect her in the future. Absolution is a priest’s job. She doubts if she can really help. It seems arrogant to think so. Lately this thought haunts her when she is trying to get to sleep. Ruby did not seek it as part of her job. She has heard stories of overworked nurses being overwhelmed, losing focus, and making mistakes. She doesn’t want to be one of those stories. “Enough thinking. Do your job.” She returns to the room and shuts the door deliberately. She leans over Pops and shows him his cell phone. “You know the drill. Let’s take the tube out.” He nods. His face is gray. His eyes are dimming. After the tube is out, she raises the bed slightly. He is barely sitting and already having trouble breathing. Many patients describe the feeling as trying to breathe with a large boulder on their chest. She sits on the side of the bed and pats his arm. He weakly smiles and pats her hand. She wants to cry but doesn’t. She needs to support him now. That is the choice she made. She hopes she will do it right. Thousands of nurses do this every day. Again, she thinks, “Do your job. What matters most is that the patient is not alone.” She thinks of the widow who told her right before she died that she had disavowed God after going to church for over sixty years, praying for others and doing their cooking and cleaning. She had fostered four kids to very successful lives. The widow was furious that God would take her without the last comfort of her kids. “I deserve better than this,” she protested. Ruby never told the woman’s children about this last thing she said. The last beams from the setting sun are making their way through the slim high rectangular window to Pops’ left. They are absorbed by the dull white wall to his right. The room
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He was called “Big Pops” by his family. They called him this because Kimmy, one of his five granddaughters, called him “Grande Papa” after hearing it in a Tejano rap song when she was four. The old picture of her sitting on a big black boom box eating a pickle listening to the song is taped on the refrigerator door in her kitchen. Today Pops’ family is a clan of eighteen Santa Feans. It’s Thursday evening. He was put in ICU two days ago when he could no longer breathe on his own. Covid caught him at eighty-four. He was in good shape and fully vaccinated. He was the tenth resident to be infected at his assisted living facility. This had been his home since his wife of fifty-five years died of a heart attack one year ago. The facility made it through the first wave without any cases. The second wave was different. Tourists coming to town not wearing masks infected several wait staff at a local restaurant. The sister of one of these young workers was the head of customer relations at Pops’ facility. She encountered every resident there before she had any symptoms of the virus, much less knew she had it. As Bonnie sits at home today with a fever and chills, she is crushed that she might have infected any of her “geezers,” as she lovingly calls them. She knows they love her too. There is nothing she can do except get better. This story is common now that tourists have returned. A young worker becomes infected with the virus from a tourist. The worker returns to their home where many times three generations live together. As with Bonnie, the young will likely survive; the old usually are not so lucky. The Covid storm is raging again despite efforts by the mayor and governor. This evening the daughters are home with their families and feeling lucky that their father has a hospital bed. At the ICU this evening it is not going well for Pops. His nurse on duty is Ruby Rae Greene. She has been in his room several times already this shift. She had quickly taken a liking to the old man. He introduced himself as “Big Pops” the first time they spoke. His labored breathing as he extended his wrinkled splotched hand could not hide his smile and gentleness. He reminded her of her father who now lived with her, her husband and their two kids. Much like this old man was to his daughters, her own “pops” was a gift in her life. She is currently staying with another nurse who has a place near the Santa Fe hospital. She lives in constant fear of infecting her family even though she is seldom around them. She is, however, around virus-stricken people ten hours a day seven days a week now. Each day that goes by adds to the weight of missing her family. She closes the door softly as she looks at Pops’ dimming eyes and graying face. He is flying solo now. His daughters have been strongly encouraged to stay home because of the Covid threat at the hospital. She imagines they are having dinner with their families. Her mind drifts into a tired abstract sadness. She closes her eyes and says a short prayer. At this point she is not sure who she is praying to. As her eyes open, she switches back to nurse mode. Pops has a strained look on his face. He weakly raises the arm without the IV and motions to her. He wants her to take the respirator tube out. He motions to his phone on the bed stand. She
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smells stale. Ruby smiles under her mask, even though she knows Pops can’t see it. “Who do you want to call?” Pops makes eye contact. He whispers Kyler. As Ruby is finding the number, Pops says with his eyes closed, “I will see my wife soon.” She ignores the comment, calls Kyler’s number, then puts it on speaker. No answer. When voicemail kicks in her heart sinks. She holds the phone up to his mouth telling him he will have to leave a message. She can’t imagine the way he must feel knowing that he probably will never get to speak to this daughter again. Kyler’s greeting seems to last forever. He holds her hand with the phone in it up to his mouth. He starts, “Kyler my special young one.” His eyes are staring at the wall blankly, “Kyler, I am going. Remember, your exuberance for life always made me feel young. I love you so much for that. I know you will take care of your family.” His voice trails off and he drops his head back. Ruby disconnects his phone. She wonders what Kyler will be feeling when she gets the message. She realizes what Pops wants to do now and hopes that he will be able to call all three daughters. She remembers his middle daughter’s name. “You want to call Lucinda?” He nods and tries to smile. He points to the bottle of water again. She holds it to his mouth as he struggles to get his lips around the bottle opening. He pushes it up to take a swallow. She smiles at him, “Sometimes it’s hard to get enough water.” She has seen many patients struggle just to have a simple last drink of water. She can tell he is thinking about what he wants to say to the next daughter. She finds her number in his contact log. She is relieved when she picks-up. Lucinda immediately says, “Pops.” He cradles Ruby’s hand holding the phone one more time, “I’m glad I caught you. Luc, I will be going. You are my gift. You hold this family together. I love you so much.” He begins to cough. Ruby moves the phone away from his mouth. She tells Lucinda they have to go. She makes a snap decision before she disconnects. She knows that every second matters now for Pops. “Tell Gloria that her Big Pops loves her.” She pauses, takes a breath, and says, “If he doesn’t call her, it’s because he can’t. I am sorry. We have to go.” Pops is gasping for air and holding his chest. Ruby says, “I need to put the tube back in.” She squeezes his hand. He can barely shake his head to refuse. He points to his phone for one last call. Does she let him expire trying to call his last daughter, or force him to keep struggling to live on the respirator when he does not want to? She knows that this decision, for this man, is the most important decision she makes today. He sighs. His eyes close. He clutches her hand. As life leaves his body he says, “It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Please tell Gloria I love…” At that instant Ruby knows that she will be the last person that this man will ever see on this earth. She feels a tug on her hand as Pops’ eyes close. It is familiar. Several of the patients she had been with when they died did this. Compartmentalizing her sadness again, she wonders why the gentle tug from some and nothing from others. As she puts Pop’s now lifeless hand under the rumpled white bed sheet, she wonders if he was trying to take her with him. She stops on her way out of the room to look back at him. She is drained, again, but smiling. She likes the notion that maybe he was trying to take her with him because he went to a good place, and she did such a good job helping him get there. Richard Ryan is a former resident of Santa Fe who currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. “The richness of the people and the cultures, combined with its unique beauty,” he writes, “still make northern New Mexico a wonderful place to remember and embellish.” SFREPORTER.COM
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A CLASSIC Going to the movies during the holiday season remains a time-honored tradition that stretches as far back as anyone can remember, but just because we’ve entered the nightmarish Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hanukkah/ New Year’s corridor doesn’t mean the films always feel appropriate for the time of year. Planes, Trains and Automobiles at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, however, feels just right. The John Hughes classic is simplicity incarnate—a man (Steve Martin) tries to get home for Thanksgiving while trapped with the worst possible traveling companion (John Candy). Hilarity ensues, but so do the feel-goods. If nothing else, it’s Martin and Candy at the top of their games, so if you somehow missed this thing before now, make it work. (ADV) Planes, Trains and Automobiles: 3 pm and 9 pm Friday, Nov. 24; 6 pm and 9 pm Sat. Nov. 25; 7 pm Sunday Nov. 26 $5. Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528
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EVENT SAT/25-SUN/26 HOW TO GIVE GIFTS GOOD Pojoaque’s Poeh Cultural Center has certainly proven itself in recent years when it comes to market events, and its upcoming Pathways Winter Market provides yet another example of how, when a whole slew of Indigenous artists come together to show their wares, Santa Fe’s gift-giving opportunities are second-to-none. This particular market is so sprawling, in fact, that artists will take over not one but two ballrooms at Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino. And though there’s no way we could begin to fit all the names here, we can point out how the market presents opportunities to give something a little more thoughtful. Throw in live music, dancing and plenty of food and drink, and now you’re partying. (ADV) Poeh Cultural Center’s Pathways Winter Market: 9 am-5 pm Saturday, Nov. 25 and Sunday, Nov. 26 Free (but pay for items, duh) Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, (505) 455-5555
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MUSIC MON/27 IT’S CHRISTMASTIME IN THE CITY Why cowboy types have had such success in the Christmas milieu is anyone’s guess (see Gene Autry), but that’s just the world in which we live, and recent anecdotal evidence suggests wide support for the phenomenon. In this case, we’re talking Michael Martin Murphey, one of those boot-wearin’ troubadours from Texas who, for something like five decades, has won acclaim for his songwriting chops and warm style. Murphey comes to Santa Fe often this time of year, likely to bask in the winter magic of our town, but also to spread some of his own. We know Thanksgiving is still on people’s minds just now, but we’re phasing over to X-mas in a big way, Santa Fe, and Murphey’s country takes on classics and originals ought to help set the tone nicely. (ADV) Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas: 7:30 pm Monday, Nov. 27. $65. St. Francis Auditorium 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
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Dream a Little Dream Painter Michael Roque Collins remembers Chama To call painter Michael Roque Collins’ upcoming LewAllen Galleries exhibit a departure might be a little strong, but In the Chama, Where the Spirit Flows feels more classically representative than some of Collins’ more recent bodies of work. Chama imparts memory, or at least a dreamlike representation thereof. Collins has spent countless days in New Mexico over the years—flyfishing, painting, exploring—and might just find Chama one of the most beautiful places on Earth. How he winds up creating gorgeous expressionistic versions of the area, however, differs from what one might assume of a landscape artist. “Rock, sky, water, ground—that’s actually what drives my allegorical, post-symbolistic paintings,” he says of previous works, “but Chama was an area I’d visit, and I’d always make sketches with oak twigs and India ink; walnut; sepia; minimally colored and earthen. And I’d also do these studies from memory.” Collins doesn’t dabble in plein air, he tells SFR, but rather, for this show, he plumbs the depths of his recollections alongside those quick sketches to create pieces rooted in his subconscious. Thus, his version of Chama is both familiar yet inherently unknowable. Works read like dreams wherein landmarks become distorted—you’re you,
only you’re not you; you know this place, but it’s not a 1:1 recreation. “The falling mesas, the setting sun—I realized these bits and pieces,” Collins continues. “Sunflowers on a trail, things growing in a garden...Matisse had this wonderful saying about how unless we, as artists, go back to nature’s rhythms from time to time and dip into them, we have short careers ahead of us.” Collins’ career has been anything but short, of course. The Houston-based artist has shown in Santa Fe for decades, for example, and today splits his time between his Texas studio and extolling his artistic know-how via academia. Known primarily for using a myriad of tools, from brushes and knives to handmade ephemera developed over time, Collins went pure brush for the new Chama series. “I think New Mexico has a magic energy,” he says. “I’ve been all over this planet, but I always thought New Mexico is the ultimate.” (Alex De Vore) MICHAEL ROQUE COLLINS: IN THE CHAMA, WHERE THE SPIRIT FLOWS OPENING
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TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 Directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller fashion stories based on or inspired by classic episodes of The Twilight Zone. 6 pm and 9 pm, $5
POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road, (505) 501-2142 An after-school program for young women 13 to 18 years old founded by dancer Myra Krien. 5-7 pm
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EVENTS ADULT STORY TIME WITH J.S. THOMPSON AND FRIENDS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 A storytelling open mic. 6-8 pm ALL THINGS YARN La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Knit or crochet with a group and talk about all things textiles. 5:30-7:30 pm CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food and friends. 10 am-1 pm KIDS SING ALONG: RAILYARD PARK Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe St., (505) 982-3373 Teachers Sarah-Jane and B lead classes through music games and sing-alongs for toddlers and babies. 10:30-11:15 am
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OPEN MIC COMEDY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Better make 'em laugh. Hosted by local comedy troupe Wayward Comedy. 8 pm QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER Ohori's Coffee Roasters 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-9692 Coffee with your local queer community every Wednesday. 9:30 am WRITER'S DEN Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 395-2628 Brush up on your writing skills. A weekly quiet, communal space to write to the sound of others' clicking keyboards. 5-6:30 pm
Paintings fueled by being nestled into a digital world during pandemic times by Margi Weir. On view at Strata Gallery Nov. 28 with a reception from 5-7 pm on Dec. 1.
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BOK CHOY THANKSGIVING EVE BASH Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Rock ‘n’ roll your night away before a day with the fam. 8 pm INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave., (505) 988-9232 Bring your instrument and be in a band without the commitment of being in a band. 6 pm KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared, let's hear ‘em. 8 pm SECOND CHANCES Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Country covers and originals. 6-9 pm
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SLIM CESSNA AND MARIA DE CESSNA El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 A duo exploring a serene yet dark side of western, folk and gospel music. 8 pm TERRY DIERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 The Santa Fe singer-songwriter fills your happy hour with funk, country and R&B. 4-6 pm
THEATER JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 Not a historical drama, but a look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16
WORKSHOP POTTERY EXPERIENCES Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687 A one-time, two-hour session guided by local Santa Fe artists and geared toward anyone looking for a fun introduction to pottery. 2-4 pm, $175 UNICYCLING AND JUGGLING WITH INDI Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588 Looking to have some tricks up your sleeve? Practice balance and coordination in this class. 7-8:30 pm, $22
THU/23 DANCE ECSTATIC DANCE Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-8309 EmbodyDance hosts a weekly DJ'd free movement sesh. 6:30 pm, $15 POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road, (505) 501-2142 An after-school program for young women 13 to 18 years old. 5-7 pm TWO-STEPPIN' AT TINY'S Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Half-Broke Horses performs country and rock covers while you twirl your heart out on the dance floor. 7-10 pm
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EVENTS ATALAYA TURKEY TROT Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373 With over 450 runners, the trot has become an annual tradition for the Santa Fe community and also is the biggest fundraiser for the Atalaya Elementary PTA, which provides critical funding to support kids and teachers. 9-11 am, $25-$45 BOARDGAMES AT ROOTS AND LEAVES Roots & Leaves Casa de Kava 301 N Guadalupe St., (720) 804-9379 Board game nerds, you now have a place to gather. Participate in video games, card trading, role playing and more. 6:30-11 pm KARAOKE AT DESERT DOGS Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St., (505) 983-0134 Slam some ciders and sing some tunes. 8 pm-midnight LADIES NIGHT AND KARAOKE The Alley 153 Paseo De Peralta, (505) 557-6789 $10 bowling and drink specials all night long for the ladies. Karaoke starts at 6 pm. 6-10 pm THROWBACK THURSDAY Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Hear all your favorite jams from back in the day. Hosted by DJ Dmonic. 8:30 pm
MUSIC BILL HEARNE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Pickin' and strummin' with Hearne for happy hour. 4-6 pm MIKE MONTIEL BAND Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Country, blues and Americana every Thursday. 7-10 pm OPEN DECKS NIGHT Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Become the DJ of your dreams. First come first served across nine slots with 20 min sets. 7-10 pm
WORKSHOP HATHA YOGA The Spa at Four Seasons 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Gentle yoga with a focus on breath work. 10:30-11:30 am, $18
FRI/24 ART OPENINGS ABSTRACTIONS (OPENING) Nuart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888 A group show of abstract paintings featuring artists Jinie Park, Cara Tomlinson, Connie Goldman, Susan Dory and Julian Brown. 5-7 pm ARON WIESENFELD: PAST LIVES (OPENING) Evoke Contemporary 550 Guadalupe St., (505) 955-9902 Tenderly painted portraits of children living a beautiful life by the sea. Wiesenfeld’s compositions remind the viewer of fairy and folk tales, recalling stories of enchantment told at bedtime but played out in modern settings.. 5-7 pm GIGI MILLS: BODIES OF WATER (OPENING) GF Contemporary 707 Canyon Road., (505) 983-3707 Mills creates night horizons on paper with crayon, graphite and oil paint. 5-7 pm GOLDEN TANGO (OPENING) Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., (505) 988-2225 Loewen exhibits her newest gold leafed porcelain mobiles, embellished with Brazilian druzy gemstones. She demonstrates kintsugi gold leafing onto her signature glazed porcelain platters. 10% of all sales will be donated to The Lightning Boy Foundation. 5-8 pm HOLIDAY MINIATURE SHOW (OPENING) Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St., (505) 954-9902 A holiday miniature show featuring small works by Roseta Santiago, Jim Vogel, GL Richardson, Kathryn Stedham, Hyrum Joe, Robin Jones, Dennis Ziemienski, Chris Pappan and more. 5-7 pm MICHAEL ROQUE COLLINS: IN THE CHAMA, WHERE THE SPIRIT FLOWS (OPENING) LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250 Romantic expressionist oil paintings on linen inspired by the beauty of the Chama river. 5-7 pm (See SFR Picks page 17) PATRICK MCGRATH MUÑIZ: RETABLOS (OPENING) Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902 Muñiz pays homage to the tarot and its archetypal imagery in a selection of paintings based on the 22 major arcana cards of the tarot. 5-7 pm
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BLACK FRIDAY ART SALE Joshua Lance Art 757 Baca St. Ste. 3, (505) 216-4411 Shop classic New Mexican art with landscapes and pueblos at this one-time sale. 5 pm-8 pm
BOOKS AND LECTURES JAY MARTIN BOOK SIGNING Big Adventure Comics 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 992-8783 Director and artist Jay Martin will be signing an exclusive print from his graphic novel Lost Boy. Noon-6 pm
DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON 2023 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302 Authentic Spanish tapas, a selection of wine and beer and resident flamenco company Entreflamenco. 6:15 pm
EVENTS BOXCAR + TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Bring in a toy and get 50% off an appetizer or 15% off breakfast. 8:30 am-2 am PABLO THE DRAGON’S HOLIDAY TRAIN Lamy Depot Park 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy (844) 743-3759 Santa’s Dragon Train makes his way across the New Mexico countryside. Mrs. Claus visits your train and shares the tale of how Santa and Pablito the Dragon saved Christmas. Departs and returns to and from Lamy. Check skyrailway.com for various departure times. Noon, $34-$64 SANTA FE PLAZA HOLIDAY LIGHTING Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Witness the magic of the holiday lighting on the Plaza. Live entertainment and food trucks, plus Santa will be in attendance. 4:30-8 pm WALKING HISTORY TOUR School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St., (505) 954-7213 Check out the interior of the 1920s estate turned artist residency center. 10-11:30 am, $15
FILM MAY DECEMBER CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 A so-called perfect relationship is interrupted when a famous actress arrives in their neighborhood, causing long-repressed emotions to surface. Starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. 10:45 am, $13 20
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THE PERSIAN VERSION CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 When a large Iranian-American family gathers, a family secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past discovering they are more alike than they know. 11 am, $13 PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 The Steve Martin holiday classic for only 5 bucks. Oh and let’s not forget about John Candy. Sweet. (See SFR picks page 17) 3 pm and 9 pm, $5 RAGTAG No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org NNC's offering for Noirvember is a monumental work of found footage filmmaking composed from over 300 classic Noir films. Also a clothing drive for Pete’s Place, the local harm reduction homeless shelter. Please bring donations of gently used winter clothing. 7 pm, $15
GOLDEN TANGO (OPENING) Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., (505) 988-2225 Loewen exhibits gold leafed porcelain mobiles, embellished with Brazilian druzy gemstones. Noon-5 pm THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373 An outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, photography and more. 9 am-2 pm WALK YOUR OWN CAMINO: SLIDESHOW ABOUT A PILGRIMAGE ALONG THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO Travel Bug Coffee Shop 839 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 992-0418 A reflection of images of walks along the Camino de Santiago and an inside story of how the Camino has changed after 20 years. 5-6:30 pm
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FOOD BLACKEST FRIDAY Rowley Farmhouse Ales 1405 Maclovia St., (505) 428-0719 Sample the darkest beers on the darkest day of the year. 11:30 am
MUSIC BILL HEARNE Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068 Enjoy a late country show with our buddy Hearne. 8-10 pm CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles serenades diners with vocals and piano. 6 pm DJ SATO Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Get your house party on with DJ Sato and guest McPHLY. 10 pm DAVID SOLEM First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 A classical organ concert open to all. 5:30 pm IRON CHIWAWA Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Dance off all that turkey with a night of rock ‘n’ roll covers and originals. 8 pm
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We may live in the desert, but Bodies of Water by GiGi Mills at GF Contemporary will prompt you to look into the depths of the water for life’s answers. Opening from 5-7 pm on Friday Nov. 24.
CONTRA DANCING Oddfellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, (575) 387-6853 Think folk meets line dancing. All dances taught and prompted. Take a quick lesson then get dancin' to music from The Santa Fe megaband. 7-10 pm, $9-$10 ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON 2023 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302 The best of Southern Spain in Santa Fe. Authentic Spanish tapas, a great selection of wine and beer and resident flamenco company Entreflamenco. 6:15 pm
EVENTS JOHNNY LLOYD Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 982-0000 Lloyd's country songs plus a big ol’ pizza pie. 6-8 pm RYAN AND THE RESISTORS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Original country tunes. 9 pm SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511 Country and rock 'n' roll turns the lounge into a dance floor. 6:30 pm TERRY DIERS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Blues, rock and funk from Diers. 6-8 pm ZEALOUS GROOVES Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Groovy folk and blues. 6 pm
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JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 Not a historical drama, but a look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16 ROADRUNNER RUNWAY: A DRAG TRIBUTE TO GEORGE MICHAEL Roots & Leaves Casa de Kava 301 N Guadalupe St., (720) 804-9379 Join your favorite enby emcee, Adam Bomb and their amazing drag crew. Bring your friends, your best leather jacket and aviators, and come sing along to Michael’s greatest hits. We know you know all of them! Wake me up before you go-go to this show. 7 pm, $15-$20
FRIDAY MORNING HAND BUILDING Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687 Step-up your hand-building techniques learning pinch, coil, sgraffito and slab. Cost includes 25 pounds of clay, firing fees are seperate. Did we mention they serve drinks? 10 am-12:30 pm, $70-$430
SAT/25 ART OPENINGS ABSTRACTIONS Nuart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888 A group show of abstract paintings featuring Jinie Park, Cara Tomlinson, Connie Goldman, Susan Dory and Julian Brown. 10 am-5 pm daily
BIRD WALK Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103 Watch for resident birds as well as migratory birds resting and nesting in the garden. No need to be a birding expert, the staff provides binoculars if you need them. 8-9:30 am, $10 BOXCAR + TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Bring in a toy and get 50% off an appetizer or 15% off breakfast. 8:30 am-2 am CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping and conversation. Go on, you might make some new pals. 10 am-1 pm
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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., (505) 986-0151 Stop by this lovely bookstore and enjoy hot mulled apple cider and Kringles' danishes. There will even be a drawing for a store discount! 10 am-5 pm FRIENDSGIVING CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946 Escape the family and dance off family energy with party facilitators Famous on the Weekend. 8 pm-2 am, $10 GEEKS WHO DRINK Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com A team of experts with decades of experience delivers thought-provoking trivia that players can’t get enough of. Oh, and there's prizes! 3-5 pm HOLIDAY ART MARKET Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636 Attend this holiday market featuring well-known Native artists. Go on, buy yourself something nice. 9 am-4 pm LA TIENDA FLEA La Tienda at Eldorado 7 Caliente Road, (505) 930-4821 The biggest flea in town, basically a town-wide garage sale. 8 am PABLO THE DRAGON’S HOLIDAY TRAIN Lamy Depot Park 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy (844) 743-3759 Santa’s Dragon Train makes his way across the New Mexico countryside. Mrs. Claus visits your train and shares the tale of how Santa and Pablito the Dragon saved Christmas. Departs and returns to and from Lamy. Check skyrailway.com for various departure times. Noon, $34-$64 PATHWAYS WINTER MARKET Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, (505) 455-5555 Shop Native art in not one, but two ballrooms with handmade pottery, jewelry, artisanal food and more with over 200 participating artists. Be wowed by live entertainment including local musicians and traditional Pueblo dance groups. We have been saving up for this stellar market. (See SFR picks page 17) 9 am-5 pm PASEO POTTERY HOLIDAY POP-UP Tumbleroot Pottery Pub 135 W. Palace Ave., (505) 982-4711 Live DJ, $10 pottery table, food trucks and tasty beverages. Yay! 4-8 pm, free
PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103 Take an hour-long tour of the gardens and learn about this unique space and the biodiversity of the region led by a knowledgable garden docent. 1-2 pm, $12, free for members SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: LOCAL ARTIST + MAKER SHOWCASE Folklore 370 Garcia St., (925) 408-2907 Shop this adorable store featuring blown glass, celestial paintings, hand processed sheepskins (wow) baked goods and cocktails from 4-6 pm. 10 am-6 pm SWAIA WINTER INDIAN MARKET Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590 Shop the SWAIA Winter Indian Market with 150 carefully selected makers. This market is a huge hit. Be the star of your family’s holiday season with the best gifts ever. 10 am-6 pm, $15-$25 ¡TIME FOR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT! St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-5397 A fundraising show with silent auction commemorating the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Nov. 25, established by the United Nations to honor the Mirabal sisters who were assassinated together under the Dominican Republic’s dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Proceeds go to Girls Inc., Esperanza Shelter Domestic Abuse Services, Resolve and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. 3 pm, $20
FILM PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 The Steve Martin holiday classic for only 5 bucks. Oh and let’s not forget about John Candy. Sweet. (See SFR picks page 17) 6 pm and 9 pm, $5 SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 395-2628 Nostalgic cartoons (think Ninja Turtles, Rocko's Modern Life, ThunderCats etc.) and cereal all day. 11 am
MUSIC BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531 Piano and voice takes on blues and soul classics. 6-9 pm
BOK CHOY Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Escape the fam and rock out at Tiny's with this fun and groovy band. 8-11:30 pm CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles serenades diners with vocals and piano. 6 pm DK AND THE AFFORDABLES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Vintage rock'n'roll paired with a variety of roots music. 7-10 pm HALF PINT AND THE GROWLERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Western swing and Latin jazz make for a great afternoon. 1-3 pm SIERRA La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511 Country and rock 'n' roll. 6:30 pm ZAPHICA ALBUM RELEASE Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie,(505) 424-1601 Post-fusion prog jazz from a bunch of talented high school students. 7:30 pm, $5
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THEATER JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 A look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16
WORKSHOP COMPLIMENTARY YOGA Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Take time for gratitude and stretch it out in this free yoga class. 10:30-11:30 am NUMEROLOGY: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SELF AWARENESS Prana Blessings 1925 Rosina St., (505) 772-0171 Explore numerology to understand your pre-intended story. Noon-1:30 pm, $25 SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEEL Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687 Pick up a new hobby with this course all for all levels to throw various shapes on the wheel 2-4:30 pm, $70
Shop our Museum Store this holiday season for unique gifts, including items made by local artisans, books, jewelry, toys and household goods. Member Sale — Las Golondrinas Members & Volunteers Only Friday, December 1, 10am–3pm Get an Extra 10% Off Your Normal Discount, Enjoy Refreshments and Live Entertainment
Holiday Sale— Open to the Public Saturday, December 2, 10am–3pm Get 10% Off and Enjoy Refreshments
Partially funded by the city of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax, County of Santa Fe Lodgers’ Tax, and New Mexico Arts.
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SUN/26 ART OPENINGS RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 983-7726 Buy fine art and crafts directly from local creators. 10 am-3 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES BEASTLY BOOK CLUB Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 395-2628 Read this month's pick Between Wild and Ruin by Jennifer Edelson (available at the shop for 15% off), then share your thoughts with other readers. 1-2 pm WAYNE LEE AND DAVID MEISCHEN: POETRY READING Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Hear New Mexican poets Lee and Meishen read from their works. This event was rescheduled from Oct. 29. 5 pm, by donation
DANCE HEY KIDDO WITH DJ CHRISTINA SWILLEY El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Get down on the dance floor while DJ Christina Swilley spins not-so-well-known music from her giant collection of vintage vinyl. 8 pm
EVENTS CHESS AT THE MOVIES Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678 Catch a flick then play a free game of chess. Sounds like a cute date night to us. 6-8 pm CRASH KARAOKE Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Sing your favorite songs until your heart is content or until someone stops you. 6-9 pm FALL FLIGHT FESTIVAL Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge 435 NM Hwy 281, Las Vegas, (505) 425-3581 Take a 4.5-mile drive through the native prairie grass lands, playa lakes, marshes and croplands that are important habitats for a wide variety of migratory birds, including waterfowl, geese, eagles, and sandhill cranes. Roving naturalists will be on hand with spotting scopes to help with bird identification. Meet at the visitor’s center. 9 am-noon
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PABLO THE DRAGON’S HOLIDAY TRAIN Lamy Depot Park 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy (844) 743-3759 Santa’s Dragon Train makes his way across the New Mexico countryside. Mrs. Claus visits your train and shares the tale of how Santa and Pablito the Dragon saved Christmas. Departs and returns to and from Lamy. Check skyrailway.com for various departure times. Noon, $34-$64 PATHWAYS WINTER MARKET Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, (505) 455-5555 Shop Native art in not one, but two ballrooms with handmade pottery, jewelry, artisanal food and more with over 200 participating artists. Be wowed by live entertainment including local musicians and traditional Pueblo dance groups. We have been saving up for this stellar market. (See SFR pics page 17) 9 am-5 pm SWAIA WINTER INDIAN MARKET Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590 Shop the SWAIA Winter Indian Market with 150 carefully selected makers and the region’s top Indigenous artists. 9 am-4 pm, $15-$25 STRATEGY GAME NIGHT CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946 Put your mind to the test with intense and challenging board games. 6-11 pm ¡TIME FOR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT! St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-5397 A fundraising show with silent auction commemorating the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Nov. 25, established by the United Nations to honor the Mirabal sisters who were assassinated together under the Dominican Republic’s dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Proceeds go to Girls Inc., Esperanza Shelter Domestic Abuse Services, Resolve and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. 3 pm, $20
FILM PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 The Steve Martin holiday classic for only 5 bucks. Oh and let’s not forget about John Candy. Sweet. (See SFR picks page 17) 7 pm, $5
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MUSIC BILL HEARNE La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511 Pickin' and strummin' with Hearne at the La Fiesta Lounge. 6:30-9 pm ELIZABETH LOCKHART Palacio Restaurant 209 E Palace Ave., (505) 989-3505 Finger picking guitar and traditional folk music. 9:30-11:30 am GERRY CARTHY Legal Tender Saloon & Eating House 151 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, (505) 466-1650 Multi-instrumentalist Carthy plays fiddle, banjo, sax and more. Noon-4 pm HIGH DESERT RANGERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Traditional local bluegrass with revolving members every Sunday in November. 1-3 pm KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St.,(505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared, let's hear them. 8 pm SUNDAY JAZZ JAM Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Catch a set from the High City Jazz Quartet and various guests. 6-8 pm
THEATER JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 A look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 2 pm, $16
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ZERO CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 Team up, strategize and fight for your character's survival. AI and humanity converge for this engaging and edgy immersive theatre experience. Show presented by the Exodus Ensemble. 7:30 pm
WORKSHOP COMPLIMENTARY YOGA Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Take time for gratitude and wellness in this free spa yoga class. 10:30-11:30 am INTRODUCTION TO ZEN MEDITATION Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 303-0036 A free weekly Introduction to zen meditation class offered in a zendo. Come for community tea at 9:30 am. 10-11:15 am, by donation SUNDAY MORNING WHEEL Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687 A seven-week course to turn you into a pottery expert. A skilled ceramacist will walk you through the steps of pottery. 11 am-1:30 pm, $70 STAINED GLASS ART EXPERIENCE TLC Stained Glass 1730 Camino Carlos Rey, Ste. 100, (505) 372-6259 Learn techniques dating to 600 AD and Tiffany-pioneered soldering tricks while creating a holiday-appropriate memento. This class is best for adults—be sure to wear closed toed shoes. 1-3:30 pm, $150
MON/27 EVENTS BOARDGAMES AT BOXCAR Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Board games and beer as well tabletop role-playing, collectible card trading and video games. 7-11 pm
CHESS AT THE MOVIES Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678 Catch a flick then play a free game of chess. Sounds like a cute date night to us. 6-9 pm GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Think fast! Speed trivia with seven rounds of quizzes lasting approximately two hours. Now go win some prizes. 7:30-9:30 pm I A N (INDUSTRY APPRECIATION NIGHT) As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596 Bring your server card and get deep drink discounts for putting up with all the B.S. that comes with working in the service industry. 7 pm MONDAY FUNDAY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 New Mexico residents get halfprice admission on Mondays. Talk about an awesomely affordable date night. 3-8 pm, $26
FILM VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 Every Monday evening Lisa from Video Library (with assistance from her devotees) picks a film from her shelves—ranging from obscure cult flicks to blockbuster classics—to share on the big screen. Stay up to date by following @videolibrary_santafe on Instagram. 6:30 pm
MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765 Listen to the sweet sound of Montgomery tickling the ivories as you have a steak dinner. 6-9 pm
JEFF ROSENSTOCK Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Solo since 2012, witness stellar garage rock from Rosenstock with special guests Small Crush and Georgia Maq. 8 pm, $25 (See 3Qs page 24) MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY'S COWBOY CHRISTMAS St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave, (505) 476-5072 American country holiday music from rancher and horseman Michael Martin Murphey, if that’s the sort of thing that you’re into. (See SFR Picks, page 17) 7:30 pm, $65 ZAY SANTOS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Santos plays a wide array of blues and rock music. 4-6 pm
WORKSHOP POTTERY EXPERIENCES Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687 A one-time, two-hour session guided by local Santa Fe artists and geared toward travelers, newbies, and anyone looking for a fun introduction to pottery. Did we mention that they serve drinks?. 2-4 pm, $175
TUE/28 ART OPENINGS MARGI WEIR PANDEMIC PAINTINGS AND POLITICAL PROTESTS Strata Gallery 125 Lincoln Avenue, (505) 780-5403 Weir’s art centers around the digital world around her, portraying images as if seen ona smartphone. This exhibit is starting today but the official opening is December 1. 11 am-5 pm
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ALMA TRIO Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712 Enjoy music from an acoustic Latin trio while eating MexicanCajun cuisine. 6 pm KT TUNSTALL Kitchen Sink Recording Studio 528 Jose St., (505) 699-4323 Tunstall, who is now a Santa Fean headlines a concert to benefit Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences. There are only 50 seats available at this intimate venue, snag your tickets ASAP. 7 pm, $250 LATIN NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Latin night and service industry night with $2 tacos. We hear it's poppin'. 10 pm MARION CARRILLO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Singer-songwriter Carrillo displays vivid storytelling with his songs. 4-6 pm SANTA FE GUITAR ENSENBLE La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 For those who read music and play guitar, gather with like-minded musicians weekly to play and meet fellow players. 10 am-noon THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St, (505) 982-9014 Loveless Johnson III plays with his band Brotha Love & The Blueristocrats. 8:30-11:30 pm TOPPA TOP REGGAE TUESDAYS AND INDUSTRY NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Come for live reggae music and stay for drink specials for all of you hard working service industry peeps. 7 pm
POETRY OFF THE PEDESTAL Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red) 1366 Cerrillos Road, (505) 428-0996 Lopez shares her poetry and offers insight into how to read and write poetry while guiding you in writing your own poems. 6:30-8:30 pm
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JOSÉ MANUEL FORS, ABEL BARROSO AND DESBEL ALVAREZ Artes de Cuba 1700 A Lena St., (505) 303-3138 Participating artists from various parts of Cuba reflect their individuality and character through their works. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free (UNTITLED) ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, (505) 982-1320 A range of work in oil, acrylic, sculpture and mixed media. 10 am-5 pm daily AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433 Sweet animal sculptures by Kari Rives and Fran Nicholson. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sunday ANDREW ALBA: LIFTED LABOR form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 Alba creates abstract works with scrap construction pieces left over from his day job. We love a good repurposing. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat ANDRÉ RAMOS-WOODARD: BLACK SNAFU Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582 Ramos-Woodard depicts realities of his Black experience while exposing and subverting tropes of anti-Blackness. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Fri
THE CALENDAR ANDY KATZ: A WALK IN THE PARK Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385 Katz, a world class photographer of landscapes and culture displays his dramatic photos of national parks. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Mon ARON WIESENFELD: PAST LIVES (OPENING) Evoke Contemporary 550 Guadalupe St., (505) 955-9902 Tenderly painted portraits of children living a beautiful life by the sea. Wiesenfeld’s compositions remind the viewer of fairy and folk tales, recalling stories of enchantment told at bedtime but played out in modern settings.. 5-7 pm BRYAN CUNNINGHAM: POSTCARDS FROM BARDO Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 557-9574 Cunningham combines found objects and sign painting with a folk art flair. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Sat Noon-5 pm, Sun BILLIE ZANGEWA: FIELD OF DREAMS SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Zangewa creates intricate collages composed of handstitched fragments of raw silk. Her use of silk as a material speaks to the transformative nature of the work itself. 10 am-5 pm BOB BRADY AND ROB LANG Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4ART A sculpture and photography show where both mediums channel the body of the Southwestern landscape. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat Noon-5 pm, Sun CHELSEA RUSHTON: AWAKENING ELECTR∆ Gallery 825 Early St., Ste. D, (505) 231-0354 Surreal and tender watercolor and ink paintings that explore physical and energetic understandings of body and spirit. 1-5 pm, Wed-Sun CONTINUED ON PAGE 25
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Punk, rock, ska and indie fans the world over most likely know the name Jeff Rosenstock. As prolific a songwriter as they come, Rosenstock has been a darling in indie scenes since his original breakthrough band Bomb the Music Industry! stole hearts with its eclectic yet anarchic sounds. Today, Rosenstock has been solo for a number of years and done some pretty dang notable things. These include releasing the jokey 2021 record SKA DREAM, a ska version of his 2020 banger record NO DREAM; composing music for the acclaimed cartoon Craig of the Creek; and playing a hand in the cessation of merch cuts (the practice where promoters and/or venues take a cut of musicians’ show-based shirt and record sales) at venues across the country, thanks to an excellent Instagram post in September questioning the practice. Rosenstock comes to Meow Wolf—a venue that dropped merch cuts last year, btw—this week hot on the heels of his newest record HELLMODE (8 pm Monday, Nov. 27. $25. 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369) and somehow we finagled an interview. Lucky us! This interview has been edited for concision and clarity, and you can read an extended version at sfreporter.com. (Alex De Vore) People are always like, ‘Oh, dude, Jeff Rosenstock is so prolific! How does he do that?’ Can you even help but write songs—or would you want to—and is any part of it the musicians with which you surround yourself? Can I even help it? Not really. The long and short of it is that it’s something I’m doing anyway. For a really long time, when my bands were not really playing to that many people—or even when I first started writing in high school—it almost felt more like a bad habit. But I always had music rattling in my head, and the only relief was to try and catch that and turn
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it into songs. Honestly, I’m not as fast as when I was younger, but it’s still…it’s not much different when I write songs now: I’m distracted by something in my head, or if I pick up a guitar and start screwing around; if the riff or melody sticks around, then it keeps snowballing and turning into something. Now that it’s a good thing I write songs, I don’t want to overthink it. And I wouldn’t want to stop. Now that it’s good, it feels like a strength, and a lot of that comes from doing [music for] Craig of the Creek. I have to write a ton of music and people are happy I write that kind of music and they don’t have to be like, ‘Uhoh, that composer is bad!’ As for people I play with? Yes and no. Playing with the people in my band is inspiring because when I write things and we start playing it together, it comes to life. I don’t think the songs I’m writing would sound the same. I think they would not be as good if different people were involved. While I’m sure composing for Craig of the Creek is good for you overall, it’s not really music for you—for your records. Does it affect your other songwriting, though? It’s cool to feel like what I’m trying to do is work with emotions somebody else is having and to use that rather than thinking ‘What do I want to write about today?’ That can be the hardest part as you get older and are writing songs. You start to think, ‘I’ve already said this, I’ve already said this—what needs to be said has been said.’ [With Craig of the Creek], I ride the wave through the peaks and valleys of emotion. Let’s get the merch cut thing out there. The internet wants to act like it was Willie Nelson or something, but true punx know it was you, bro. Seriously, though, what does it feel like to have helped end something like that? I don’t think I had a part in that at all. There were rumors that [promotions and venues corporation] Live Nation was going to stop doing merch cuts all year...I don’t know if that [post] had something to do with it...but people who book shows in Connecticut stopped doing cuts and said it was specifically because of that post, and there were a few smaller promoters who did that because of it. That’s a very good feeling and something we didn’t expect when we were sitting around the table that morning. We figure all the shit out together as a band. We all talk about this stuff, and it was, ‘Alright, I guess we’re going to say something.’ I didn’t expect to see so many changes happen so quickly after that. I wasn’t trying to make it a big thing, I was just trying to add a little transparency out there.
JEREMY DEPEREZ: GLYPHS Best Western 4328 Airport Road, Ste. B (713) 530-7066 Block printing and mixed-media works examine the relationship between art and found debris. 1 pm-4 pm daily JERRY WELLMAN: UNEXPLAINED GIFTS Hecho a Mano 830 Canyon Road, (505) 916-1341 Wellman’s new series of monographs reaveal diaphanous figures—but only with the lightest touch of color. 10 am-5 pm daily JESS T. DUGAN: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way, (505) 955-0012 Dugan’s photographs portray love and human emotion, exploring identity through photography, video and writing. See new photographs from their ongoing series Look at me like you love me, an audio soundtrack of their voice reading personal, diaristic texts and the debut of a new video, Letter to My Daughter. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun JOHN BRANDI: WIND, WATER AND TEMBLOR: GEOLOGIC RUMINATIONS El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016 Mixed-media works on paper that were initially made by an accidental spill. Oops. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri JOSÉ SIERRA: CHOLLA GALÁCTICA Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Colorful twisted vessels resembling dramatic landscapes of the desert and the forest. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat MATTHEW ROWE AND HEIDI LOEWEN: THE GOLD THAT BINDS US Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., (505) 988-2225 A collaborative show of porcelain platters that focuses on clay marbleization, gold leafing, blowtorching and the Japanese art of kintsugi —the celebration of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold. Noon-6 pm, daily MARGI WEIR PANDEMIC PAINTINGS: AND POLITICAL PROTESTS Strata Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave., (505) 780-5403 Weir’s paintings, drawings and installation work are centered around her response to the digital world around her, portraying images as if seen on the screen of a smartphone. 11 am-5 pm, Fri MOUNTAINS AND SKY TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 984-1387 A selection of vessel makers, painters and sculptors with straightforward refrences to nature. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat
N. DASH: AND WATER SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Find yourself somewhere between painting and sculpture, water and land with these ecologically driven paintings. 10 am-5 pm, Fri-Mon 10 am-5 pm, Thurs PAINTERLY EXPRESSIONISTS Pie Projects 924 Shoofly St., Ste. B, (505) 372-7681 Large scale works from some of Santa Fe’s original contemporary artists. 11 am-5 pm PAPER TRAILS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 A mixed media exhibition that draws compelling links between printmaking icons and contemporary sculptors. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat PATRICK KIKUT: BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700, (505) 257-8417 Landscape paintings with a strong focus on unprotected lands, particularly spaces between national parks. Kikut explores the zone between an enduring nature and reflects the encroachment of humans on these lands. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat PAUL BERLIN: TRANSFORMATION OF SPIRIT TO PIGMENT, HARMONY IN CHAOS Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., (505) 989-9888 The late Berlin is often credited with bringing aspects of modern art to the US. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri PAUL SHAPIRO: PANORAMIC LANDSCAPES Downtown Subscription 376 Garcia St., (505) 983-3085 Panoramic photographs of Southwest and Pacific Northwest landscapes. 7 am-4 pm daily PAUL-HENRI BOURGUIGNON AND ROGER MARTIN Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, (505) 983-8815 Animal sculptures with hints of abstract expressionism in this dual-artist exhibit. 9:30 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sun PIÑON COUNTRY Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103 A photographic installation by Christina M. Selby viewed by walking the trail at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens. Selby documents piñon-juniper habitats, promoting the piñon-juniper trail and bringing awareness to pinyon jays. 9 am-5 pm, daily
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THE MOON BELONGS TO EVERYONE smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road, smokethemoon.com A group show with works in dialogue with the moon and its emissaries by 19 artists. View lucid abstractions, mystic archetypes and hazy realisms. Noon-5 pm, Wed-Sun THEODORE WADDELL Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Layers of brushstrokes create the landscape of the West. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat VIVID: JURIED ART COMPETITION Mozaik Fine Art Gallery 713 Canyon Road, (505) 980-7136 Vibrant artworks in various mediums from artists all over the US. 10 am-7 pm daily
VINCENTE TELLES: COBIJAS DE MIS MADRES Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882 Acrylic paintings of heads covered in vintage pinto bean sacks depicting the “faceless” Latino. 10 am-5 pm daily WE BELONG HERE: AN EXHIBITION Currents 826 826 Canyon Road, (505) 772-0953 Showcasing sustainable artwear by Indigenous artists celebrating Native American Heritage Month including works by Peyton Alex (Diné), Randy L Barton (Diné), Thomas Coriz (Kewa Pueblo), Di’Orr Greenwood (Diné), Tytianna Harris (Diné) , Shawn Harrison (Diné), Indi City (Nehiyaw/ Metis/Cree), Steven Paul Judd (Kiowa/Choctaw), Josh Tafoya (Indo-Hispano) and more. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat
RHENDA SAPORITO Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 Abstract acrylic works with stark contrasting colors. This artist works on large canvasses, some as big as 15 to 18 feet long by six feet tall. 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sun RON KINGSWOOD: ARRANGEMENTS LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250 Unconventional wildlife art by Kingswood using asymmetrical negative space, bands of color and assertive brushwork. The artist likes to think of his paintings as interpretations of acts of enviromentalism and preservation as he creates a record of species for future generations to enjoy and experience. 10 am-6 pm, Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sat
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CHRISTINE SULLIVAN: FELT: UNRAVELING SOCIAL NORMS Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915 Sullivan’s three-dimensional artworks employ fringe and tassles combined with felt to embody symbols of religion and politics. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun CUTE AND CREEPY Pop Gallery 125 E Lincoln Ave, (505) 820-0788 Original works by Nik DuranGeiger, Laurie Mika, Joel Nakamura, Kelli Judkins-Cooper, Sophia Torres, Lynden St. Victor and more. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat DOREEN WITTENBOLS: HAPPENING FOMA 333 Montezuma Ave., (505) 660-0121 Paintings, sculptures and photographs displayed in a kitchen vignette. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat ELEN FEINBURNG AND WOODY GALLOWAY New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570 Elen Feinberg’s rendered oil paintings and Woody Galloway’s painterly landscape photographs. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Sat GROUP SHOW Gaia Contemporary 225 Canyon Road, Ste. 6, (505) 501-0415 See a collection of contemporary artwork ranging from sculpture, abstract paintings. 10 am-5 pm, daily HIGH AND DRY EXHIBITION Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 In addition to Lori Cult, participating NMC members include Rosario Glezmir, L Balombini, Katrina Lasko and Laurinda Stockwell. 10 am-6 pm, Fri, Sat and Sun ILEANA ALARCÓN’: CASA PAPEL Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie, (505) 820-1888 The Colombian-American sculptor shows a dreamscape consisting of 21 pieces that push the boundaries of medium and sustainability. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Sat INSPIRED BY LAND AND SEA: GROUP SHOW Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, (505) 992-0711 A display of seven artists who draw inspiration directly from the landscape and environment around them. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat JAMEY STILLINGS AND DAVID EMITT ADAMS: RESHAPING THE EARTH photo-eye Gallery 1300 Rufina Circle, Ste. A3, (505) 988-5152 x202 A selection of images that explore natural springs in the Southwest. 10 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Sat
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Magazine Celebrates 100. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226 What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. 1 pm-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $10, children free NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5063 Selections from the 20th Century Collection. The Nature of Glass. Manuel Carrillo: Mexican View works from contemporary Indigenous artists like Modernist. To Make, Unmake, and this large scale piece from Tony Abeyta at Here, Now and Always on display at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Make Again. Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists of the Southwest. through July 2028. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm every Fri May-October GEORGIA MUSEUM OF INDIAN POEH CULTURAL CENTER O’KEEFFE ARTS AND CULTURE 78 Cities of Gold Road 710 Camino Lejo, MUSEUM (505) 455-5041 (505) 476-1269 217 Johnson St. Di Wae Powa. Seeing Red: an (505) 946-1000 Down Home. Here, Now and Making a Life. Radical Always. Horizons: Weaving Between Indigenous Film Exhibit. Youth Push Pin Exhibit. Abstraction. Selections from the the Lines with Diné Textiles. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 Collection. 10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM residents 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 VLADEM CONTEMPORARY free first Sun of the month (under 18 free) 404 Montezuma Ave. MUSEUM OF (505) 476-5602 IAIA MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART Shadow and Light CONTEMPORARY 706 Camino Lejo 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs NATIVE ARTS (505) 476-1204 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM 108 Cathedral Place Between the Lines. Yokai: residents free 5-7 pm every Fri (505) 983-8900 Ghosts & Demons of Japan. May-October The Stories We Carry. The Art Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them of Jean LaMarr. 2023 FALL Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF IAIA GRADUATING SENIOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN La Cartonería Mexicana / The EXHIBITION: LIMINAL 704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636 Mexican Art of Paper and Paste REFLECTIONS Always in Relation. California 10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM resi10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon Stars. From Converse to Native dents free first Sun of the month 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 Canvas. Medicinal Healer, an NEW MEXICO Artist to Remember. Native MUSEUM OF HISTORY MUSEUM Artists Make Toys. ‘All Together. ENCAUSTIC ART 113 Lincoln Ave., Making our Way. Every Day. 18 County Road 55A (505) 476-5200 Medicine.’ by Eliza Naranjo (505) 424-6487 The Santos of New Mexico. Morse. Rooted: Samples of Permanent collection. Global Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Southwest baskets. Warming is REAL. Campaign. Miguel Trujillo and the 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10, free to 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 Pursuit of Native Voting Rights. all first Sun of the month (18 and under free) EnchantOrama! New Mexico
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Treasure Trail Pecos Trail Café offers no-frills New Mexican goodness and beyond BY ALEX DE VORE a l e x @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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fter receiving a number of emails from readers demanding to know why I’d not yet visited and written about Pecos Trail Café, I figured it was time to give the people what they want. Mea culpa, too, because I’d honestly assumed the spot was no good as a piece of real estate. Like, how many restaurants have opened and closed in there? When I was a kid it was…actually, I forget the name, but it was something else and there was a hotel there, even. Then for a time it was called Peppers (though in all honesty, I wasn’t actually living in New Mexico then, so I can’t speak to its quality). Now it’s the most excellent Pecos Trail Café, a partnership between chef/owners Jorge Antuna and Jesus Rivera (plus the latter’s family). You’ll find Pecos Trail Café easily if you’re coming from the city—just drive out Old Pecos Trail until you see the gigantic adobe lizard climbing the side of the building. My dining companion pointed out that the people of Eldorado like it, too, since they don’t have to drive all the dang way into town to get a solid meal. Wherever you’re coming from, look for the lizard. Then prepare yourself for some killer New Mexican dishes with flair from other cuisines.
To get it out of the way, Pecos Trail Café could improve in the decor department. It’s incredibly clean as restaurants go and its saltillo tiles shine with the power of, well, if not the sun, something really nice and shiny. Its lighting is on point, too, especially in the evening when things get dim and borderline romantic. The walls, however, lack any sort of decoration and give the impression of a restaurant in flux. I know very well that some readers don’t want to hear about restaurant ambiance, but it’s a factor for me and even a painting or two would be a vast improvement. Of course, this doesn’t detract from the food one bit. We started with chips and guacamole while we perused the menu, and though I wasn’t in love with the diced jalapeño within the guac ($8) at first, it grew on me the more I ate. We needed those chips to hold us over, too, as choosing our dishes proved daunting and time-consuming. Rivera and Antuna’s kitchen is no joke, friends, nor is their menu. Diners perhaps know Pecos Trail Café best for its New Mexican fare, but its Mexican influence shines through in items like the Shrimp Veracruzana or Shrimp Monterrey ($18 each), both of which build upon grilled shrimp with additions such as chile con queso or a pico de gallo beer sauce. The Burrito del Mar ($18) with both salmon and shrimp sounded like a delight as well, but I simply had to try a classic—one of my very favorite New Mexican offerings and a true testament to chefs with the patience to do pork slowly and properly: the carne adovada. The restaurant offers the dish a couple different ways, including stuffed in a sopaipilla, but the burrito form sounded the most wise. Some places just cram some pork in a tortilla and call it a day; Pecos Trail Café had the decency to add refried beans and copious amounts of red chile and cheese. The red lacked any spice, oddly, but was so delicious it hardly mattered. If I can choose between spice and flavor, I’ll choose flavor every time, and the red’s effect on the melty pork made
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for some truly satisfying texture moments. My companion knew he wanted steak, and Pecos Trail Café has numerous iterations from which to choose ranging from $24-$26. In the end, the Flameado won his heart with its promise of pico de gallo, red chile and chopped chorizo. The tang and earthy bite of the chile and pico de gallo was phenomenal in the few bites I managed to pilfer, and my companion’s request to cook his rib eye to medium rare was fulfilled in spades. Given factors such as inflation and the pandemic, $25 is more than reasonable for a 12-ounce steak, and this one gave even the fine dining establishments a run for their money. We closed the meal with the apple sopaipilla, a brilliant dessert that merged the best of sopas with the American idea of apple pie. The sopa itself ($7) came bursting with vanilla ice cream and served alongside warm,
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baked cinnamon apples. A healthy dousing of Amaretto completed the dish and offered a sublime and almondy-y counterpoint to the apples and ice cream. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a dessert sopaipilla on a menu, and I’d like to see more of them. All in all, the readers were right—Pecos Trail Café is an absolute winner.
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And the 2023 Writing Contest winners are... Thanks to everyone who entered SFR’s 2023 Writing Contest! Winners will be notified in the coming weeks. Read them all: • Nov. 22: Nonfiction essays on “Multispecies Entanglement” • Nov. 29: Works of short fiction with theme “For the Family” You’re invited to join the winners for a reception and reading of their winning works alongside guest judge Jenn Shapland.
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In the opening moments of Frybread Face and Me from Diné filmmaker Billy Luther, young so-called “City Indian” Benny (Keir Tallman) discovers that rather than catching Stevie Nicks perform over the summer as his father promised, he’ll instead be spending his coming months on the Navajo rez with his grandma and uncle. Deflated, the 13-year-old bolts into the streets of San Diego screaming, where he tears open his button-down to reveal the Fleetwood Mac tee underneath. Moments later, we cut to a bus stop in Winslow, Arizona: The wind cuts into the eerie silence as Benny faces a part of himself he’d never known. Though steeped wholly in the Indigenous experience and set in the ostensibly non-populous high desert, Frybread Face and Me comes packed with a quiet beauty for those who have the patience to let it unfold. The elevator pitch is that a young urban Native gets in touch with his roots during a summer on the family sheep farm with his cousin (the eponymous Frybread Face; Charley Hogan), but Dark Winds writer Luther proves a subtle storyteller as
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Eight years after the last movie in the series, director Francis Lawrence returns to adapt writer Suzanne Collins’s 2020 Hunger Games prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. And while it wouldn’t hurt to read the book, anyone who’s seen the first handful of films can easily understand what’s going on here: A young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth, Billy the Kid)—who later becomes the tyrannical President Snow—is a student some 64 years before the original series. He’s tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a young performer from a poor area who has essentially been sentenced to die in the 10th Annual Hunger Games, an event wherein 24 “tributes” fight to the death in an arena. Organizers promise Snow a college scholarship as his prize. Lucy Gray quickly captures the hearts of the citizenry with her Dolly Parton-esque charm and singing ability. Songs come up a lot in the film, and despite the cheese factor, Zegler’s vocals are excellent and even provide a new, more listenable version of the series’ infamous “Hanging Tree” song (sorry, J-Law). Her earnest portrayal of Lucy Gray is also notable, as is West Side Story
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the film progresses and much of his semi-autobiographical story covers the universal pangs of youth. Frybread Face and Me lives in its unceremonious moments—the auntie forced to shear sheep though it’s not her job; the grandmother who won’t learn English; or the hard nosed, rodeo-loving uncle exhausted by Benny’s lack of know-how. Tallman sometimes impresses as a hyper-observant cypher through which anyone unfamiliar with rez life can learn. Hogan, meanwhile, clocks in with the polar opposite personality type—part teacher, part ball-buster, all energy and sarcasm, though loving in her own way. Hogan’s performance becomes the high point of the film, and she projects both a confidence and ability that Tallman can’t quite match. In more thoughtful moments, his eyes say more than enough, however, and it’s easy to see where he’s coming from.
alum Josh Andrés Rivera’s fiery characterization of Sejanus Plinth, a city boy who loudly opposes the Hunger Games out of sympathy for the districts. Viola Davis, meanwhile, seems to gleefully embody the villainous Dr. Gaul, who grooms Snow’s belief in the necessity of the Games and helps him transform it into the spectacle familiar to fans of the original books and films. Still, differing elements abound, from a darker tone and decidedly more murder to this version of Collins’ fictional city of Panem feeling quite unlike that of the original movies. Instead of 12 districts battling it out for food scraps, nearly all are united in their hatred of the Capitol. Rebel groups bomb the arena where the Games occur, and tributes kill their mentors rather than learn from them. While the current glut of remakes, prequels and sequels can be fatiguing for moviegoers, the Hunger Games’ prequel feels surprisingly essential and not entirely dissimilar to the real world’s rich-versus-poor reality. Director Lawrence hammers home the intent of the Games in its creation well—to prevent the districts from rebelling against the Capitol’s oppressive regime by forcing them to turn on each other. The result of the Games is nowhere near the end of the film, either, but the conclusion is truly chilling. (Mo Charnot)
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Of special note, the film’s art director Natalie Benally finds a satisfyingly anachronistic glimpse into rez life wherein the house has modern amenities while sitting mere paces from the sheep corral cobbled together from old pallets and chicken wire. Like Benny, many viewers might not know what to make of it, but as Benny finds more life within himself and as his relationship with his cousin grows, so, too, does our understanding of the importance of heritage. When the film ends, Benny might still become anything, and that right there is the true glory of youth.
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Sideways director Alexander Payne joins forces with chameleon-like actor Paul Giamatti once more for The Holdovers, a sort of George Roy Hill meets 1991 Ed Harris movie Dutch by way of the Farrelly Brothers’ 1999 opus Outside Providence type of thing. And though Payne’s newest—with a script from TV writer/producer David Hemingson—might bear familiar hallmarks, its brisk performances and crackling dialogue help it to rise above its forebears. This one is just plain fun. In 1970 rural Massachusetts, young Angus Tully (a smart and cutting Dominic Sessa in his film debut) is left to languish on-campus during the Christmas break while the vast majority of his private school classmates jet off to better locales. This leaves Tully to haunt the school grounds alongside the cafeteria manager (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Lost City) and his hard-ass ancient civilizations teacher Mr. Hunham (Giamatti). The odd couple-y setup isn’t wildly original, but the constant payoffs feel fresh, at least insofar as what they represent: The Holdovers centers on disappointments, really, and universal ones at that—the trip canceled last minute; the things we want wrenched from our grip; death; competition; adolescence and on and on. But it’s also about growth, or maybe perspective, and
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something about how we can’t know what someone else has gone through. The Holdovers is also quite funny. Giamatti is, as always, a joy to watch. His Mr. Hunham presents a delightful amalgamation and sendup of an almost archetypical exhausted educator who slowly relinquishes his ideas of respect and rigidity. Newcomer Sessa matches him pound for pound, too, particularly in scenes crammed with lightning-fast repartee. Neither, however, holds a candle to Randolph’s understated yet powerful performance. She is the linchpin, and the woman does more with a glance than some actors can do with pages of dialogue. Randolph’s chemistry with the ostensibly well-off Tully and Mr. Hunham underscores her character’s impossible position as someone serving entitled, educated so-called men at an East Coast snob factory. Someone hand this woman an Oscar, jeeze. The Holdovers does veer notably close into Wes Anderson territory in its cutesy/soft-vocal acoustic jam moments, but Hemingson’s writing eschews the sameness of Anderson’s. When paired with Payne’s incisive directing, sparks fly. Someplace within there’s a moral about survival, or at least making room for whatever’s on the other side of the present situation—that with which, we think, we couldn’t possibly live without. What’s that old saying about how sometimes we have to tear something down to make room for another better thing? (ADV)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When we experience authentic awe, our humility deepens. This is turn tends to make us kinder, smarter, and more positive. So how can we stimulate awe? Among the many possible ways are gazing at magnificent art, hiking in a natural wonderland, or being in the presence of a beautiful human soul. In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend that you go in quest of awe and related feelings like reverence, amazement, adoration, and veneration. Your mental, physical, and spiritual health will flourish in response.
“To hear the melody,” she writes, “we must hear all the notes.” In response to the question, “What is life?” she offers this answer: “corsages and dust mites and alligator skin and tree-frog serenades and foreskins and blue hydrangeas and banana slugs and war dances and cedar chips and bombardier beetles.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I encourage you to be like Diane Ackerman in the coming weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you located any of your soul twins? If not, is that an interesting prospect for you? Please note that soul twins are not necessarily the same as dream lovers. They may simply be people with whom you share deep values and perspectives. They might aspire to influence the world in ways similar to you. With a soul twin, you feel at home in the world and extra happy to be yourself. I bring these meditations to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming months will be an especially likely time for you to encounter and engage with soul twins. Be on the alert!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s the Season for Cherishing and Smoking Out Secrets. So let’s talk about the subject. 1. Some secrets are sad, haunting, even risky—and worth keeping secret. 2. Other secrets can be beautiful, healing, and potentially life-changing if they are revealed gracefully. 3. Some secrets are buried so deeply that only very persistent seekers dig them up. 4. Some secrets are “hidden” in plain view, and only visible to people who are clear and brave enough to identify them. I suspect you Tauruses will have a special SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Composer Ludwig knack for managing all types of secrets in the coming van Beethoven (1770–1827) was charismatic and forceful, but also hot-tempered and prone to rude weeks, including those I mentioned. behavior. The writer Goethe, his contemporary, said GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hope you won’t fill yourself “his talent amazed me,” and described him as an up with appetizers and hors d’oeuvres in the coming “utterly untamed personality.” Beethoven seldom weeks, Gemini. My soul will be at peace if I see you lived in one home for very long and loved to sing at the save your hunger for the main courses. Your motto top of his lungs as he washed himself. Although he should be “Feasts, not snacks!” or “The Real Deal, not played piano with exquisite skill, he was quite clumsy the pretenders!” or “The jubilee, not the distractions!” If as he moved through the world. Can you guess what you ever find yourself feeling halfhearted or inattentive, astrological sign he was? Same as you! Sagittarius! I’m you’re probably not in the right situation. Here’s an not saying you are exactly like this wild, unruly genius, affirmation to go with your mottoes: “I am liberating my but you do have tendencies in that direction. And in divine appetite!” the coming weeks, I expect you’ll be inclined to be CANCER (June 21-July 22): Playwright Anton Chekhov more Beethoven-esque than usual. Please work on (1860–1904) is regarded as one of history’s great emphasizing the winsome aspects. writers. That does not mean everything he said was CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I hope you have wise, useful, or worthy of our attention. For example, he developed good boundaries, Capricorn. I hope you are was once asked to give his opinion about ballet. “During so skilled at taking care of yourself that you steadfastly the intermissions, the ballerinas stink like horses,” he refuse to let people manipulate you or hurt you. Just to replied. I hesitate to bring up such a vulgar reference, make sure your discernment is working at peak levels, but I wanted to make a vivid point. In the coming weeks, though, I will offer you a tip. In the English language, we I hope you will ignore the advice of people who don’t know what they are talking about, no matter how smart have the idiom “to rub salt in a wound,” which refers to or charismatic they may be. I hope you will not attribute the fact that daubing salt in an open gash in the skin expertise to those who have no such expertise. I hope makes the pain even worse. But did you know that that as much as possible, you will rely on first-hand smearing sugar in a wound is equally distressing? The information, rigorous research, and reliable influences. metaphorical lesson is that you should be vigilant for seemingly nice, sweet people who might also violate LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Researchers have determined your boundaries to hurt or manipulate you. that there are two basic dispositions among tigers. One is what they call “majesty.” Creatures with this AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I estimate this horoscope orientation tend to be dignified, imposing, and agile. is worth $22,225. It has been made possible by my The other type of tiger personality revolves around many years of disciplined meditations, extensive “steadiness.” This is the opposite of neuroticism, and reading of holy texts, and an ever-growing devotion to includes the qualities of being affable, easy to get along astrology and my readers. But here’s the fun part: You with, and well-adjusted. I know many astrologers can read these words for free! No cost at all! I will, associate lions with you Leos, but I prefer to link you however, ask you to do something for me in return. with tigers. If you agree with me, here’s my prediction: First, give your gifts joyously and generously in the You are beginning a phase when you will be more coming weeks, holding nothing back. Second, don’t be majestic than steady—but with plenty of steadiness in the least concerned about whether you will receive benefits in return for your gifts. Find the sweet spot also available if you want it. where you love bestowing blessings for no other reason VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “It is better to entertain an except this one: You are expressing your gratitude for idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of the miraculous life you have been given. your life,” wrote author Randall Jarrell. That’s decent advice, though I will add a caveat. If you entertain an PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you possess gambits, idea for a while and it turns out that you love it, and you tactics, and knacks that we might refer to as your “bag also love the beneficent effect it has on you, you may be of tricks”? I hope so, because such an asset will be extra smart to take it home to live with you. I’m guessing you valuable during the coming weeks. You will be wise to Virgos are at a pivotal point in this regard. Not yet, but employ every cagey move you can imagine and call on soon, you will know whether it will be wise to get cozier every favor that’s owed to you and cash in on every with certain influences you have been flirting with—or advantage you have accrued. I don’t want you to engage in outright cheating, but I encourage you to use else decide they are not ones you want to keep. ploys and stratagems that have full integrity. Be on the LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I could give an award for lookout for secret shortcuts, magic cookies, and wild Most Curious Genius in the World, it would be to Libran cards. author and naturalist Diane Ackerman. She would also get my prize for Most Voracious Learner and Best Homework: What’s the best thing you could do to heal Questioner and Most Exuberant Seeker and Searcher. yourself right now? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com
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